Articles by Smashing Magazine from August 2022

Ever felt overwhelemed about the amount of things you need to learn? Today, we look at how [Uxcel](https://uxcel.com/) eases this transition and approaches actively learning new skills to take our car...

The problem of how to design an effective toggle button that shows the selected option clearly is a long-term open question among UI/UX designers. In this second part, Eduard Kuric explains a complex ...

Error messages need to be easy to spot, but they also need to be helpful. Lets explore when error messages should live above input fields and why toast error messages are usually not a very good idea....

If you need to deliver a large number of images and videos, a solution like [imgix](https://imgix.com/?utm_medium=banner&utm_source=smashingmag&utm_campaign=video-api-smashingmag-article-2022-08) can ...

In this episode of the Smashing Podcast, we ask how you can prove the value of a Design System and how you can pitch it effectively to stakeholders. Vitaly talks to Ben Callahan to find out more....

In this first part of a two-part article, Eduard Kuric analyzes the characteristics of effective toggle buttons that make it error-proof and prevent confusion and frustration of users....

Most users tend to forget their passwords, so create experiences that will always be valuable for people when they use your products. In this article, well discuss how to implement a password-reset fe...

React popularized context-propagation within applications with the context API. Evyatar Alush brings a brief intro to context propagation in JavaScript and how you can build React Context yourself....

With the Back button, users often get confused, frustrated and annoyed. Heres how to design better back button UX and where to put back buttons in our interfaces....

Christine highlights some of Figmas features and possibilities to help you build a design that aligns with code as much as needed and improve your team work....

The power of framework-specific UI libraries, such as Skeleton, can lead to more productivity using the combined ability of Svelte and Tailwind to build modern web-based apps....

In this article, the first part of Databases for Front-end Developers series, Atila Fassina helps you understand the concepts behind database architecture in order to use them reliably and sheds some ...

Okta is an identity manager, with features such as single sign-on and multi-factor authentication. Okta can be used to secure the identities of customers and workforces. In this tutorial, we are going...

Identify, compare, analyze and fix your Core Web Vitals scores to boost web performance of your sites. These tools will help you to do just that....

In this episode, we ask how you can affect change to UX design in large organizations stuck in their ways. Vitaly talks to Marko Dugonji to find out....

In this article, Catherine Houle and Ilknur Eren share how their organization Understood removes barriers for people who learn and think differently by combining accessibility and usability in their p...

How to improve authentication UX, with magic links, 2FA, better password recovery and relaxed rules for secure, accessible and usable passwords....

Were going to walk through how to migrate your site from jQuery to [React](/category/React) with [Next.js](/category/next.js). This will help with performance and the maintainability of your code....

If you like math and CSS, youll love this one. We dont need to use media queries to change the values of some CSS properties *font-size*, *padding*, *margin* etc. depending on the viewport width, wi...

Do you need a little inspiration boost? Well, then our new batch of desktop wallpapers is for you. Designed by artists and designers from across the globe, they come in versions with and without a cal...